The
fifth edition of i Light Marina Bay gets underway in Singapore on
Friday with state-of-the-art light art installations designed by veteran
artists from nine countries bringing a glow to the coastline.
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Organised
by the Urban Redevelopment Authority on the theme Light & Nature,
this year’s event is divided into three zones featuring a series of 20
illuminated artworks made from energy-saving bulbs and other
eco-friendly materials.
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The Art Zoo theme at the Float @ Marina
Bay offers an interactive adventure through 11 blow-up art installations
including a giraffe maze, a whale’s belly and a giant spider. Next door
is the Fantastical World of eco.me offering many sustainability themed
activities around The Promontory @ Marina Bay.
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Decorated with tables, benches and colourful planters made with
wooden pallets and beer crates, a recycling and upcycling marketplace, a
kinetic energy playground and urban farming showcases will educate
visitors in how to sustain the environment and save energy.
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The Gastrobeats zone at the Bayfront Event Space, meanwhile, is the
perfect place to chill and enjoy carnival rides and the Silent Disco, in
which visitors wear wireless noise-cancelling headphones to listen to
live-streamed music.
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Visitors can even take their favourite artworks home thanks to local
artist Lee Yun Qin, who is offering some 800 intricate stalks from her
work, “MoonFlower”, for public adoption.
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.Source: TheNation
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